Three days after the violence on December 31 in Kinshasa and other cities in the DRC, Cardinal Monsengwo, head of the Catholic Church in the country, raised the tone yesterday.
"We can only denounce, condemn and stigmatize the actions of our so-called valiant men in uniforms, which sadly and barbarously translate," said the cardinal, before continuing: "How will we trust people? leaders unable to protect the population, to guarantee peace, justice, the love of the people. It is time that the truth prevails over the systemic lie, that the mediocre emerge and that reign peace, the justice in DRC ".
News reported by Cas-Info, one of the few Congolese news sites available on the internet. Cas-Info which underlines that Bishop Monsengwo is "the most listened voice of the country since the disappearance of the opponent Étienne Tshisekedi. "
Asked by Le Monde Africa, the historian Isidore Ndaywel, member of the Coordination Committee, organizer of the event last Sunday, is convinced: "This is just a start, he says, because we do not will not let it go. The people understood that they had to take their destiny into their own hands, not just speeches. There was an awareness. The mobilization of Catholics, notes Le Monde Afrique, recalls the "Christian march" of 16 February 1992, which called for the democratization of Zaire. "The regime of President Mobutu then repressed it in blood. "
The main church against-power ...
Ledjely in Guinea welcomes the involvement of the Catholic Church.
"Nature being horrified by the void, it was expected that another counter-power would emerge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to supplant the inefficiency if not the resignation of the opposition. However, it was far from thinking that this new hope would come from the religious institution, very fond of its classic neutrality. Although in this country, the prelates are accustomed not to oppose indifference to the suffering of the population. Even if, after the flop of the New Year's Eve agreement they had wrested from the forceps, Monseigneur Monsengwo and the others, rather scared of being instrumentalised by Joseph Kabila and his family, were suspicious in recent months. But with the repression of which the faithful were the object last Sunday and the desecration of some places of worship by the forces of the order, the Church leaves of its reserve. And with it, concludes Ledjely, there is renewed hope against the monster that is Congolese power. "
Joint survey?
For their part, the authorities of Kinshasa are trying to play appeasement. Thus, reports the Congolese News website.CD, "Marie-Ange Mushobekwa, Minister of Human Rights, who yesterday exchanged behind closed doors with human rights NGOs, says he is ready to investigate with his collaborators on the violence of 31 December. "
One of those who met the minister yesterday, continues Actualité.CD, "Georges Kapiamba, president of the Congolese Association for Access to Justice, said he holds evidence of human rights violations committed by the security forces during the march organized by the Lay Committee on Coordination of the Catholic Church. "We are willing to investigate, he says, with the Ministry of Human Rights, and we told the minister that the investigation should be independent," said George Kapiamba. "
And the army?
In any case, for a large part of the West African press, President Kabila now has his back to the wall ... This is what affirms The Country in Burkina Faso, usual slayer of the Congolese president: "What is going to happen? it will happen now that Joseph Kabila was able to achieve unanimity against him, out of his torpor calculated the Catholic Church ?, questions the daily ouagalais (...) Will he find an exit window facing a people who are tired of being the scapegoat of defense forces in the pay of a power-hungry president? The big equation, in this chaotic socio-political climate, remains the army, says Le Pays, which continues to support a regime that no longer has any respect for human life. (...) Now is the time, urges the Burkinabe daily, that the military take their responsibility to protect the sheep against the impostor wolf. "
"We can only denounce, condemn and stigmatize the actions of our so-called valiant men in uniforms, which sadly and barbarously translate," said the cardinal, before continuing: "How will we trust people? leaders unable to protect the population, to guarantee peace, justice, the love of the people. It is time that the truth prevails over the systemic lie, that the mediocre emerge and that reign peace, the justice in DRC ".
News reported by Cas-Info, one of the few Congolese news sites available on the internet. Cas-Info which underlines that Bishop Monsengwo is "the most listened voice of the country since the disappearance of the opponent Étienne Tshisekedi. "
Asked by Le Monde Africa, the historian Isidore Ndaywel, member of the Coordination Committee, organizer of the event last Sunday, is convinced: "This is just a start, he says, because we do not will not let it go. The people understood that they had to take their destiny into their own hands, not just speeches. There was an awareness. The mobilization of Catholics, notes Le Monde Afrique, recalls the "Christian march" of 16 February 1992, which called for the democratization of Zaire. "The regime of President Mobutu then repressed it in blood. "
The main church against-power ...
Ledjely in Guinea welcomes the involvement of the Catholic Church.
"Nature being horrified by the void, it was expected that another counter-power would emerge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to supplant the inefficiency if not the resignation of the opposition. However, it was far from thinking that this new hope would come from the religious institution, very fond of its classic neutrality. Although in this country, the prelates are accustomed not to oppose indifference to the suffering of the population. Even if, after the flop of the New Year's Eve agreement they had wrested from the forceps, Monseigneur Monsengwo and the others, rather scared of being instrumentalised by Joseph Kabila and his family, were suspicious in recent months. But with the repression of which the faithful were the object last Sunday and the desecration of some places of worship by the forces of the order, the Church leaves of its reserve. And with it, concludes Ledjely, there is renewed hope against the monster that is Congolese power. "
Joint survey?
For their part, the authorities of Kinshasa are trying to play appeasement. Thus, reports the Congolese News website.CD, "Marie-Ange Mushobekwa, Minister of Human Rights, who yesterday exchanged behind closed doors with human rights NGOs, says he is ready to investigate with his collaborators on the violence of 31 December. "
One of those who met the minister yesterday, continues Actualité.CD, "Georges Kapiamba, president of the Congolese Association for Access to Justice, said he holds evidence of human rights violations committed by the security forces during the march organized by the Lay Committee on Coordination of the Catholic Church. "We are willing to investigate, he says, with the Ministry of Human Rights, and we told the minister that the investigation should be independent," said George Kapiamba. "
And the army?
In any case, for a large part of the West African press, President Kabila now has his back to the wall ... This is what affirms The Country in Burkina Faso, usual slayer of the Congolese president: "What is going to happen? it will happen now that Joseph Kabila was able to achieve unanimity against him, out of his torpor calculated the Catholic Church ?, questions the daily ouagalais (...) Will he find an exit window facing a people who are tired of being the scapegoat of defense forces in the pay of a power-hungry president? The big equation, in this chaotic socio-political climate, remains the army, says Le Pays, which continues to support a regime that no longer has any respect for human life. (...) Now is the time, urges the Burkinabe daily, that the military take their responsibility to protect the sheep against the impostor wolf. "
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